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Observational Study
Potassium disorders in pediatric emergency department: Clinical spectrum and management.
Potassium abnormalities are frequent in intensive care but their incidence in the emergency department is unknown. ⋯ Dyskalemia is rare in emergency department patients and is easily resolved with feeding or perfusion. A plausible etiological mechanism is a transient volume disturbance. Dyskalemia is not predictive of poor development in the emergency pediatric population.